New polling out this morning tells us what we already knew: Americans’ faith in the Supreme Court is plummeting. It seems impossible to believe that Americans once—and not too long ago, either—held the highest court in near-universal regard. Now the Supreme Court’s popularity is declining nearly as fast as the rate at which Americans are losing their freedoms. It’s a crisis, and it must be addressed.
The list of scandals plaguing the court and its conservative members is too long to be detailed here. That alone is alarming. Not a day goes by without a new one. Yet nothing is being done.
I want to be clear: if the U.S. congress doesn’t take action to repair the damaged standing of this Supreme Court—whether by forcing upon it a binding code of ethics, expanding it, impeaching Clarence Thomas, or all of the above—Americans will reach a point where we will simply refuse to abide by its rulings.
Congressional inaction on the court crisis is pushing us towards a Constitutional crisis. Do something. The Supreme Court is broken. Repair it, or our democracy will be the next thing to go. Thanks.
First sent on May 2, 2023 by Jess Craven
